Lenten Meals For Every Day: Recipes For Lent, Simple And Delicious, With Photos And Videos

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Lenten meals for every day: homemade recipes for Lent

Lent is a special time for believers. During this period, it is necessary to eat in strict accordance with the prohibitions and restrictions that are indicated in the monastery calendar. However, Russian cuisine is so varied that even during Lent, you can delight your family with delicious and healthy dishes.

Content

• 1 Lean oatmeal in a jar
• 2 Fish cakes with baked onions
• 3 Video: lean cabbage cutlets
• 4 Monastic buckwheat porridge

• 5 Salad with Korean carrots and croutons

  5.1 Homemade Lean Bean Liquid Mayonnaise

• 6 Beetroot cream soup

Lean oatmeal in a jar

During Lent there are days that are marked on the food calendar as "dry eating". That is, all meals should be eaten raw or dried. Food must not be heat treated - boiled, fried or baked. During the days of such restrictions imposed by Lent, strength will help support a fashionable and healthy dish - oatmeal in a jar.

Oatmeal in a jar is not only trendy, but also a very healthy dish, suitable for fasting

Ingredients for uncooked oatmeal for 2 servings:

• 300 g of ordinary Hercules oatmeal;
• 400 ml of water;
• 100 g of shelled walnuts;
• 1 banana;
• 2 tsp Sahara;
• 100 g of peeled pumpkin seeds.

Recipe for cooking lean oatmeal with nuts and banana:

1. In the evening, you need to spread the oatmeal into jars and fill it with water.

   

   Regular oatmeal that requires cooking is best for a healthy breakfast

2. Grind the walnuts in a blender bowl until finely crumbled.

   

   If there is no blender, then the nuts can be passed through a meat grinder

3. Add nuts and mashed banana to the cereal. Add sugar and mix well the contents of each jar.

4. Take fresh, unroasted pumpkin seeds and cover the surface of the oatmeal with them without boiling.

   

   Unroasted pumpkin seeds are high in unsaturated fatty acids

5. Place jars of oatmeal in the refrigerator. In the morning, the uncooked oatmeal will be ready to eat.

   

   Ready-made lean oatmeal without cooking is very tasty and aromatic

Fish cakes with baked onions

Lean fish cakes can be flavored with vegetables. This recipe uses baked onions to give the dish a rich flavor and delicate texture.

Ingredients for fish cakes:

• 500-600 g hake or pollock fillet;
• 3 large onions;
• 2 tbsp. l. semolina;
• vegetable oil for frying cutlets;
• wheat flour for breading;
• salt and black pepper to taste.

Recipe:

1. Peel the onion, cut into halves and place on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil. Bake in the oven at 200 ° C until soft and golden brown. Turn over during baking so that the onion is evenly baked.

   

   Baked onions give the cutlets an incredible flavor

2. Cut the pollock without skin and bones into medium-sized pieces.

   

   Pollock is quite inexpensive, and the cutlets from it are very tasty

3. Cool the halves of the onions and grind them in a blender along with the pitted and skinless fish fillets. Add semolina, salt and pepper. Stir and let the minced meat stand in the refrigerator for 2 hours. During this time, the semolina will swell and the cutlets will not fall apart during frying. Form oval cutlets.

   

   Semolina provides consistency to minced fish

4. Then heat the oil in a frying pan and roll each cutlet in flour on all sides, fry them. It will take 20-25 minutes.

   

   Fry the cutlets only in hot oil

5. Serve ready-made fish cakes with baked onions with vegetable salad and lemon wedge.

   

   Ready-made fish cakes with baked onions are tasty even when cold

Video: lean cabbage cutlets

Monastic buckwheat porridge

Buckwheat is the perfect cereal for those fasting. In the old days she was called "the queen of croup". When combined with mushrooms, it turns into a lean, but very nutritious and healthy dish.

Ingredients for making Monastic Porridge:

• 400 g of buckwheat;
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 200 g of champignons;
• 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• some fresh greens;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe:

1. Cut the champignons into quarters or slices.

   

   Cut the mushrooms with a sharp knife

2. Fry mushrooms for 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil and put in a separate bowl.

3. Cut the peeled carrots and onions into cubes and sauté in hot oil (2 tablespoons) for 5-7 minutes, until tender.

   

   Vegetables must be fried until golden brown

4. Add mushrooms and washed buckwheat to the vegetables. Fry over high heat for another 5 minutes, and then pour boiling water over so that the water completely covers the contents of the pan.

5. Close the lid and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. Chop the herbs finely and add it to the Greek monastic style. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes, then serve.

   

   Monastery-style buckwheat is good both as a side dish and as an independent dish

Korean carrot salad with croutons

Simple and savory salads will help diversify your diet during Lent. To dress them, you can use store-bought lean mayonnaise, or you can make a delicious sauce yourself.

Products for lean salad:

• 250 g of Korean carrots;
• 1 can of canned white beans in their own juice
• 2 slices of black bread;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 100 g lean mayonnaise;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Korean Carrot Salad Recipe:

1. Drain the beans so that the salad doesn't get too wet. Be sure to save the liquid from the beans.

   

   Beans in salad need large and whole

2. Mix with Korean carrots and garlic pressed through a press.

3. Cut the black bread into cubes and dry in a dry frying pan until crisp.

   

   For salad, it is better to use homemade crackers, and not purchased ones

4. Add to carrots and beans and then season with lean mayonnaise. Serve immediately after cooking, otherwise the croutons will soak and the salad will turn into porridge.

   

   Korean carrot and bean salad is inexpensive but delicious and satisfying

Homemade Lean Bean Liquid Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise is everyone's favorite traditional salad dressing. But for those who are fasting, some ingredients in the sauce must be eliminated. Nevertheless, lean mayonnaise turns out to be no worse than the classic one. Delicate and with a piquant taste - it is perfect for filling lean dishes.

Lean mayonnaise is easy to make at home

Products for making lean mayonnaise:

• 100 ml liquid from canned white beans;
• 200 ml of vegetable oil;
• 1 tsp mustard;
• 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice;
• 1/2 tsp Sahara;
• 1/2 tsp salt.

Lean mayonnaise recipe:

1. Boil the liquid from the beans over low heat without a lid for 15-20 minutes. It should boil down and lose about a third in volume. Then cool to room temperature.

2. Add sugar and salt. Prepare lemon juice using a sieve to avoid pitting in the mayonnaise.

   

   You need to choose fresh and juicy lemon for mayonnaise

3. Add mustard and vegetable oil to the mayonnaise mixture. Begin to beat the mass with a blender, gradually increasing the speed. At first it will be quite pale and liquid, but after 5 minutes it will turn white and turn into a thick mayonnaise.

   

   Choose unrefined, odorless vegetable oil for homemade mayonnaise

4. Remove the salt test and beat for another 3 minutes at maximum speed. The result is a lush, thick mass that tastes the same as traditional mayonnaise.

   

   Best to store lean mayonnaise in a glass jar

Beetroot cream soup

This soup is a great alternative to boring borscht. Light, aromatic and low-calorie - beetroot cream soup will appeal to lovers of new and unusual dishes. Keep in mind that it is better to take not too large beets for this soup, because such root vegetables usually have a richer taste.

Ingredients for Creamy Beetroot Soup:

• 500 g of beets;
• 2 potatoes;
• 2 carrots;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 1 tsp dry greens;
• 1 tsp tomato paste;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe:

1. Peel the beets, carrots, potatoes and garlic. Cut into medium sized pieces and place in an ovenproof dish. Drizzle with vegetable oil, sprinkle with pepper and dry herbs. Bake in the oven at 200 ° C until soft.

   

   The baked vegetables should not burn, this will spoil the taste of the soup.

2. Then grind the vegetables with a blender until puree and place in a saucepan.

   

   The consistency of beetroot soup should be similar to pancake dough

3. Dissolve the thick mass with boiling water to the consistency of cream soup, season with pepper and salt, add tomato paste. Cook for 10 minutes over low heat, covered.

4. Serve the beetroot soup hot and with fresh herbs.

   

   Creamy beetroot soup is delicious and very nutritious

During Lent, autumn preparations and dried supplies are very helpful. Mushrooms, frozen berries, cereals - these are the basis of our family diet. I always try to have at least 2-3 dishes on the table. This helps to diversify the diet and provide the family with vitamins and minerals. Fresh and dried fruits, nuts, honey serve as an excellent substitute for desserts and sweets. Vegetables are also required - fresh, stewed or baked.

Despite the fact that it is forbidden to eat meat during Lent, food can be made very tasty and varied. Try to cook hot soups often and stock up on quality cereals. In addition, vegetable frosts are saved: green beans, cauliflower and broccoli.

The selection contains lean recipes from the most affordable and simple ingredients. Such food does not violate the strict monastic charter and at the same time allows you to feed the family hearty and varied. When serving lean dishes on the table, remember that the deep meaning of restrictions concerns not only food on the table, but also thoughts and actions.